We know. We’re late on this. Very late. But we’re still excited. GM Peter Mrs. Seguin Chiarelli signed Dennis Seidenberg to a 4-year, $13 million extension.

Seidenberg wasn’t with the Bruins long, but in his short tenure we were impressed. He was a shot blocking machine, leading the league with 215. This kind of stuff would’ve been great against Philly when Tuukka and the D tired. Imagine him and Boychuk together. Rask could hang out in a lounge chair with a margarita while Boychuk and Seidenberg just blocked everything.

Seidenberg also dished out 166 hits before his season ended pre-maturely, which ain’t too shabby in our book. But we don’t even have a book. Still great though. We also liked that he always seemed to be able to get the puck on net during the powerplay to produce rebounds. Just a shame no one was ever at the front of the net.

But we liked Seidenberg’s play from the moment he got here and even if his offensive stats take a bit of a tumble (he had a career high 32 points) we loved his defensive play so if he keeps that up, Boston is golden.

If Chiarelli can fit Stuart and Boychuk under the cap now, a defensive core that includes Stuart, Boychuk, Seidenberg and Chara would probably be one of the better cores in the league. So welcome back Dennis! Don’t pull a Wideman and regress for a season. We’ll see you in October! Hope that arm is feeling better.